Chapter 2188： zombie culture

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The TV station is a little anxious recently. At the beginning, they signed a contract with Eleven Studio for three works in three years. Eleven Studio launched "Mad Men" in 2007, and Li Younian launched "Breaking Bad". The two works have also become the laurels of the TV station. From ratings to word-of-mouth to awards, they are completely sweeping, which also makes them the leaders of the two cable TV stations, me

However, 2009 is coming to an end, and Eleven Studio is still not moving at all. You must know that "Breaking Bad" was launched at the beginning of the next year, so in this way, it has been more than twenty-two months before and after ten years. A studio did not move. Originally, this is nothing, you can continue to wait, after all, the excellent script of a TV series is not so easy to collapse.

Although it is said that the film industry is much more prosperous than TV dramas, the production difficulty of TV dramas is not inferior to that of movies at all. The difficult part is not the shooting or special effects, but the continuity of the script. A movie is about 90 minutes. , There are not many movies with more than 120 minutes, but an excellent TV series should last at least 20 episodes in a season. The organization of the story and the order of the clues are very complicated things and require a clear and clear thinking. , otherwise don't say "excellent", and even the pass line is difficult to touch.

In addition, the American TV drama industry is also bound by a contract. Only when the number of episodes in a set reaches 100, can it be packaged and sold to cable TV stations or other countries, regions, or other channels for broadcast. more derivative value. So the commemorative parties of the 100 episodes of American TV series are very grand, and this is the fundamental reason.

According to the number of 24 episodes in one season of American TV series, 100 episodes means that it must reach the level of five seasons, but the requirement of five seasons is not so easy. The TV series of the season threshold is definitely a super high standard. The four seasons of "Heroes" and "Prison Break" are the most obvious cases. After entering the fourth season, both the ratings and word of mouth are dying, but they still survived the fifth season abruptly. , that is, the TV station hopes to make this series produce more additional benefits:

Under this and the extremely high requirements, the production difficulty of TV series is definitely not inferior to that of movies. Even Evan Yibel, who has the advantage of being a human being in two generations, has never dared to try the creation of TV drama scripts, because the creation of TV drama scripts is a long and hard work, and Evan Yibel does not think that he is an almighty superman.

The TV station is naturally scornful about these things, so they have not been in a hurry. The Eleventh Studio can stand in today's position, it is the representative who speaks with strength, and it is absolutely normal to work slowly and carefully: but recently compared to the TV station. But I have to be anxious, first "Super Detective" and then "The Good Wife", and "Voice of America" ​​Eleven Studios, in the past 22 months, the cooperation with cbs TV station is so close , which made the TV station Lihui worry: what about us?

In particular, "The Good Wife" has won unanimous praise from the public opinion circle, but it has fallen into a hard battle in terms of ratings. This is obviously more suitable for the rhythm of cable stations. The TV station can't help but think: Why not give this show to Play it yourself:

Therefore, since October, the TV station has searched for Thomas-Lansing, Curt-Laporte, and Tey-Case, and everyone knows the eagerness in their hearts: In fact, Studio Eleven For the development of episodes, there has always been its own rhythm. Without the help of Bell, Thomas Lansing and others have developed two episodes of "Super Detective" and "The Good Wife", which you can watch. Now that Eleven Productions has truly created a piece of the sky that belongs to them, Thomas Lansing and others have officially taken over the leadership of Eleven Productions from Teddy Bell and have become the new iron of Eleven Studios. triangle.

Regarding the TV station's third new drama, Kurt Laporte has been following the progress, but obviously no excellent script has entered his sight. The pursuit has always been to put quality first, which also makes Kurt, Laporte and others have a very high vision.

This time, with the appearance of Rank-Darabont, after being appraised by Cote-Laporte, he got the approval and made an appointment to meet today for talks. Knowing that the TV station's new drama was in the spotlight, Evan Bell became curious and asked to attend the interview meeting, but he was there to accompany him.

Because Evan Bell remembers that the most famous TV series is "The Walking Dead", this series has created countless historical records, this series based on Tony Moore's comic book of the same name is the first in TV history. Shi Oh's Zombie TV Series 6 tells the story of the town sheriff Rui Sui Sui, who was shot by a gunman during an operation. When he woke up from a coma, he found that the town had been occupied by terrifying zombies. Rick learned from a pair of surviving father and son that a large number of survivors had been evacuated to a shelter in Atlanta. In order to find the missing wife and children, Rick went to Atlanta alone, but found that the city had also been occupied by zombies.

Zombie culture originated around the 1980s and quickly became an integral part of American pop culture, best known for the scene where zombies dance in groups in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video. Impressive. In the film field, "Yu Zhen's "Night of the Living Dead" is recognized as the originator of this type of film, and soon occupied a place in popular culture, and then in animation, games, TV, movies, zombies are all became a very important part.

Americans' enthusiasm for zombies has almost reached the point of fanaticism ", Resident Evil" series, "Dawn of the Living Dead", "Land of the Living Dead", "I Am Legend", "Zombie Shaun" and other movies, "Halo" , "Resident Evil", "House of Death" and other games have achieved great success, and the endless discussions on the Internet are enduring.

Like goth, punk, vampire and other cultures with distinct personality labels, zombie culture also has an absolutely die-hard support group. Maybe this group is not huge, but its loyalty is absolutely strong, even reaching the level of worshipping it. . For example, "Night of the Living Dead," in fact, the box office of this film is not high, the global box office is only 30 million US dollars, and it has never been affirmed at the so-called mainstream awards ceremony, but this is not at all. Influenced the status of this work as a peerless classic in the hearts of loyal fans, and even influenced the future work style of many directors. In the old feather years, the US Library of Congress registered this film as a cultural, historical and artistic landmark. The film shows its powerful influence.

However, although zombie culture has a large audience, even if it is not the protagonist in many movies, it will make a cameo appearance, but on the small TV screen, zombies have never been able to become the protagonist. So far, there has not been a TV series with zombies as the culprit, and the emergence of "The Walking Dead" has created a new historical work.

After "The Walking Dead" landed on the TV station, it not only became the first cable TV show in history to beat the public TV station in terms of ratings and number of viewers, but also the feat of breaking the seven ratings made the public TV station jealous, and even became a national drama for a time. This is an unprecedented feat for a cable TV station.

A TV series has reached the heights of pop culture, and "The Walking Dead" is obviously more powerful than "Prison Break," "Heroes," "Lost," and "Glee." A higher level, because this is the promotion of Yihe culture, far beyond the scope of a TV series, even if it reaches the height of "Friends" back then, it is estimated that people will hesitate and come to their own or The answer for or against—at least not in the first place, is to deny the work that shows the huge influence of "The Walking Dead".

A "Walking Dead" is enough to make the TV station strong, not to mention "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad," so the TV station of the last life before Evan Bell was reborn is indeed The scenery is infinite.

However, the production of Eleven has now been handed over to Thomas Lansing and others, so Evan Bell did not intervene in the hands of "The Walking Dead", and whether they will continue to cooperate with TV stations. It's not something Evan Bell needs to worry about. But at the same time, Evan Bell is also very curious, if it is not "The Walking Dead," what will be the third episode of the collaboration between Eleven Studios and TV stations.

Now, the answer has begun to emerge, and Frank-Darabont has appeared.

Evan-Bell was a little surprised when he saw Frank-Darabont; similarly, Karanke-Darabont was surprised that Evan-Bell would appear in person at today's interview. Apparently, he thought of the "Caesar" remarks that have been making a lot of noise recently because of Katherine Heigl. Now, when I see Evan Bell in such a meeting, his expression can't help but be a little weird. I don't know if it's because of his true temperament, or if it's all these years. He didn't know how to hide his expression when dealing with people in the circle. The expression on his face, Kurt-Laporte, was a panoramic view.

Evan-Bell missed this expression of Franzi de la Bont, because he was a little dumbfounded in his mind, or it would be more accurate to describe it as ecstatic: because Evan-Bell knew that Tao Lanzhi Darabont is the writer and director of The Walking Dead!

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